The Neurobiology of Memory

Concepts, Findings, Trends

Yadin Dudai

The Neurobiology of Memory

Concepts, Findings, Trends

Yadin Dudai

Table of Contents

1. Some Basic Notions and their Ontogenesis2. Paradigms and Research Tools3. Biological Universals4. Cellular Mnemonic Devices Detected in Relatively Simple Nervous Systems: the Case of Aplysia5. Cellular Mnemonic Devices Detected in Relatively Simple Nervous Systems: The Case of Hermissenda6. A Cellular Mnemonic Device in the Mammalian Brain: Long-Term Potentiation7. A Different Approach: Neurogenetics8. On the Life Span of Molecules and Memories9. On the Complexity of International Representations10. In Search of the Topography of Engrams11. Fragments of Engrams and of Memory Systems in the Vertebrate Brain12. The Establishment of Innately Predisposed Representations in Sensitive Periods: Imprinting13.
The Establishment of Innately Predisposed Representations in Sensitive Periods: Bird Song14. The Generation of Complex Internal Representations by Sensory Impressions and Their Use: Lessons from Monkeys and Vision15. The Generation of Complex Internal Representations by Sensory Impressions and Their Use: Amnesias, Further Clues to Our Own Memories16. Epilogue

The Neurobiology of Memory

Concepts, Findings, Trends

Yadin Dudai

Reviews and Awards

"Dudai attempts to achieve two goals: to write a textbook on the neurobiology of learning and memory that is accessible to advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and to provide a reference text for neuroscientists interested in this field. In general, the book achieves both aims . . . . well written, extensively referenced, and thoughtful--an excellent acquisition for any upper division undergraduate or university library with clientele interested in the biology of behavior." --Choice

". . . Dudai's book represents a well-written and superbly illustrated up-to-date introduction to the neurobiology of memory which can serve as a valuable supplement to the more clinically orientated textbooks." --International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

"The product of a broad and intelligent understanding of the neurobiology of learning. The author has taken a bold step in incorporating many disparate views with his own, and has produced a stimulating and valuable guide to a theory of the neural basis of memory." --Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases